Cancer Weekly articles from August 2001

Cancer Weekly archives from August 2001

Combined Immunotherapy Regimen Shows Promise In Pilot Trial.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A combined regimen of vaccination with CD40-activated malignant B cells and interleukin 2 (IL-2), along with autologous tumor-specific T-cell transfer,...

GM-CSF Can Reduce Chemotherapy Side Effects In Children.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) can ameliorate some of the effects of chemotherapy in pediatric patients with high-risk Ewing...

Arsenic Trioxide Suspected In Patient Deaths.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The use of arsenic trioxide as a treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) may be responsible for several unresolved patient deaths, researchers in...

Recurrences May Be More Difficult To Treat In Women Who Take Tamoxifen, Study Suggests.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center confirms that tamoxifen use decreases the risk of a second breast cancer, but it also finds that the drug may cause a fivefold increased...

Combined Vaccine Strategy Boosts Antitumor Immunity In Mice.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new report in Cancer Research describes a combined vaccine strategy that improved survival and antitumor response in mice with liver cancer. D.W....

Antisense Therapy Enhances Tumor Cell Sensitivity To Cisplatin.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Two recent studies from Japan and the U.S. have focused on improving tumor cell sensitivity to the anticancer drug cisplatin by combining...

Tumor Growth Halted By Manipulating Telomerase Enzyme.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California, San Francisco, researchers report that they were able to slow the growth of human cancer cells, or cause them to commit suicide altogether, by creating just a miniscule...

Interleukin-6 In Microenvironment May Support Tumor Growth.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new study suggests increased levels of interleukin (IL)-6 may promote cervical cancer growth and tumor vascularity in females. Researchers in Taiwan...

Experimental Microbeam Radiation May Offer Improvement Over Traditional Treatments.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An experimental form of radiation therapy, known as microbeam radiation therapy (MRT), now under development at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), appears to be...

Overexpression Of RAD50 Causes Tumor Regression In Vivo.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Researchers in Korea find antiproliferative activities of RAD50 in vitro and in vivo and suggest that they may have application in antitumor gene...

Patients With Advanced Disease Willing To Accept Riskier Chemotherapy.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with advanced cancer are more willing than healthy people or doctors to consider a toxic chemotherapy regimen even if it offers only a minimal chance of slowing their cancer, according to a...

Herpes-Based Vectors Promising For Gene Therapy.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Genetic material from the herpes virus shows great potential for immunotherapy of hematological malignancies in general, and for chronic lymphocytic...

Oncolytic HSV Infection And IL-12 Expression Reduced Tumor Load In Vivo.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Infection with oncolytic herpes simplex virus-expressing IL-12 at low doses reduced tumor burden in an experimental colon cancer model in mice....

Bacterial Toxin Slows Metastatic Tumor Growth.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found that a receptor for a bacterial toxin on the surface of metastatic colorectal cancer cells actually controls the growth of the cells. What's more, when the toxin hooks up with...

Tumor Vascularization Predicts Cellular Intravasation.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Colorectal epithelial cells are more likely to be identified in the portal venous blood if patients have highly vascular colorectal tumors, researchers in...

Metabolic Changes May Underlie Multidrug Resistance.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Altered cellular metabolism may mediate the antitumor drug resistance seen in some leukemia cell lines, researchers in Sweden say. "Cross-resistance...

The PPE-1 Promoter Confers Endothelium-Specific Gene Expression.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Adenovirus vectors expressing transgenes from a murine preproendothelin-1 (PPE-1) promoter allowed tissue-specific expression of therapeutic genes...

Gene Transfer System Specifically Targets Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A research group in Hong Kong has developed a gene delivery system that specifically targets hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Patients stricken by liver...

Repeat Computed Tomography Screenings Are Cost Effective.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP), a nine-year-old project led by New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, has already demonstrated that an initial baseline screening of high-risk persons...

Mutant Ras Peptides Induce Hypersensitivity Reactions.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Vaccinating melanoma patients with mutant ras stimulates strong, delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions and occasionally an in vitro T-helper response,...

VEGF-C Aligns With Invasion In Gynecological Cancer Cell Lines.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Of several types of angiogenic factors, VEGF-C (vascular endothelial growth factor C) most closely associates with invasion and metastases in in vitro...

Tumor Recurrence Best Survival Predictor After PEI Therapy.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Individuals with cirrhosis who do not develop cancer recurrence after percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) therapy for primary liver cancer tend to survive...

Antisense Caveolin-1 Reduces Lymph Node And Lung Metastases In Mice.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - New advances in prostate cancer research point toward antisense caveolin-1 as a promising treatment. Caveolin-1 (cav-1) overexpression has...

Cryosurgery Successful In Patients Who Failed Radiation Therapy.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endocare, Inc. (ENDO) announced that, effective July 1, 2001, men with prostate cancer who have unsuccessfully attempted to halt the disease through radiation therapy now have a new, effective...

Study Finds Usual Screening Process Could Miss 10%-20% Of Cases.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Urologists caution that the number of tissue samples physicians biopsy for prostate cancer screening may not be enough, nor come from a broad enough area. Ohio State University researchers...

Terazosin Impacts Tumor Growth By Dual Mechanism.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists believe terazosin, an alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, inhibits prostate tumor growth by inhibiting tumor vascularity as well as initiating...

New Transducers May Simplify Treatment Of Prostate Conditions.(Brief Article)
August 7, 2001... 2001 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois are developing transducers to improve the performance of ultrasound surgical beams used to treat both prostate cancer - the second leading cause of cancer...

Malignant Stem Cells Can Lack CD38 Expression.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in California have shown that it is more common than previously thought for leukemic stem cells to lack CD38 expression, a finding that may...

More Vascular Density In Smaller Size Tumors But Not Linked To Outcome.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A French study of more than 600 cases of breast cancer shows vessel density within smaller tumors is greater than in larger tumors. Furthermore, tumor...

COX-2 Inhibition Reduces Murine Mammary Tumors Via Multiple Processes.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The growth of certain highly metastatic murine mammary tumors can be inhibited with selective and nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitors, according...

Scientists Find Similar Survival Rates For Two Treatments.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found that the survival rates for two alternative treatments for primary eye cancer - radiation therapy and removal of the eye - are about the same. Prior to this finding,...

Possible Mechanism Of Brain Tumor Progression Identified.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using a technique called gene array that permits analysis of thousands of genes in one experiment, scientists at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have identified a new mechanism...

Crippled Herpesvirus Is Transformed Into A Better Cancer Killer.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have found a way to greatly rev up the cancer-killing ability of a genetically engineered virus, a finding that may eventually lead to more potent anti-cancer therapies that capitalize...

New Targeting System Treats Tumors, Spares Healthy Tissue.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Florida scientists have developed new technology to more precisely target radiation beams at cancerous tumors of the body's internal organs, an advance they hope will improve cure...

Enzyme Heparanase Facilitates Bladder Cancer Growth And Metastasis.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A Japanese, multicenter study suggests the enzyme heparanase is a prognostic marker for survival in patients with bladder cancer. Furthermore, the enzyme...

Mechanism Of Action Of Recombinant Human Endostatin Described.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EntreMed, Inc. (ENMD) announced publication of its first scientific report describing how recombinant human Endostatin (rhEndostatin) blocks the angiogenesis that supports tumor growth by binding...

Study Finds Prognosis Good But Long-Term Therapy Should Be Expected.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Autoimmune hepatitis, which primarily affects women, is difficult to treat, but remission can be achieved with long-term immunosuppressive therapies. ...

Tamoxifen Study Raises Red Flag In Estrogen Receptor-Negative Tumors.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study confirms that tamoxifen use decreases the risk of a second breast cancer, but also the drug may cause a fivefold increase in the risk of estrogen-receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer -...

Enzyme Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitor Trial Initiated.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (VION) has initiated the second Phase I combination trial of its investigational anticancer agent, Triapine(R). The study is designed to determine the safety and...

Product Detects Early Cancerous And Precancerous Genetic Changes.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zila Professional Pharmaceuticals, a division of Zila, Inc. (ZILA), announced the publication of data demonstrating that Zila's OraTest(R) product can be used to detect lesions that are progressing...

Adjuvant Drug Helps Eradicates Cancer Cells In Solid Tumors.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BTG (BGC) announced the start of a Phase I clinical study to test AQ4N, a new drug designed to increase the effectiveness of several widely used anticancer drugs as well as radiotherapy. This...

Toxin Exposure, Hepatitis B Are Primary Liver Cancer Factors In China.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Although exposure to aflatoxin and infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) are two major risk factors for primary liver cancer, or hepatocellular carcinoma...

Infected Women May Be At Higher Risk For Anal Cancers.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Women infected with HIV have a higher rate of anal lesions, which may be precursors to malignancies, researchers in the United States warn. "Anal...

Dendritic Cells Can Be Derived From Malignant Cells.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Japan have shown that dendritic cells can be created from leukemia cell cultures, possibly paving the way for a novel treatment. "To...

Fish Genomes Useful For Studying Stem Cell Leukemia Gene.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Pufferfish and zebrafish provide powerful tools for researchers studying the stem cell leukemia and other regulatory genes, according to hematologists in...

Phase III Clinical Trial Of Experimental Vaccine Seeks Volunteers.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, Jonsson Cancer Center are seeking volunteers for a final phase clinical trial that will test the safety and effectiveness of individually...

Thalidomide Monotherapy Survival Rates Are Encouraging.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Celgene Corporation (CELG) announced that Phase II clinical trial results of the use of thalidomide in multiple myeloma patients were promising. The study titled, "Extended survival in...

New Pilot Study Suggests Flaxseed And Low-Fat Diet Can Be Protective.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A low-fat diet supplemented with flaxseed may help reduce the risk of prostate cancer, researchers from Duke University Medical Center report in the July 2001 issue of Urology. The researchers...

Simple Blood Test Is Most Important Predictor Of Cancer Recurrence After Surgery.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, Mayo Clinic urologists have found that a simple blood test is the single most important predictor to determine which men are most likely to...

Physicists Join Fight Against Cancer.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physicists at Texas A&M University have joined the battle to fight cancer by studying collisions between particles. Prof. John F. Reading and three graduate students are trying to understand...

Small Blood Vessels Shown To Be Target.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Damage to the gastrointestinal tract, lung, and brain has long been the dose-limiting factor for chemotherapy and radiation therapy. But until now scientists did not know which cells targeted...

Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery Is A Feasible Treatment.(Brief Article)
August 14, 2001... 2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - A recent study in England revealed that uveal tissues are susceptible to adenovirus vector-mediated gene delivery, a critical step toward...

New Gene-Targeted Therapy Promises Improved Cure Rates For AML.(acute myeloid leukemia)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center have developed a new gene-based therapy that they hope will transform one of the most lethal types of adult leukemia to one of the most treatable....

Discovery May Lead To First Drug Therapy.(for skin cancer)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and his colleagues have identified a critical link in the biological pathway leading to skin cancer. Lead author...

Researchers Seek To 'Inactivate' Cancer Cells.
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Controlling cancer by inducing it to remain in a dormant state, rather than trying to achieve massive killing of cancer cells through conventional chemotherapy, offers a new and safer approach to...

Tumor Growth Inhibited With Endostatin Expression.
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, rhave reported that retroviral gene transfer of endostatin inhibited...

Certain Symptoms Common in Affected Women.(ovarian cancer symptoms)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The symptoms of ovarian cancer are often described as nonspecific or nonexistent, making it difficult to detect the disease before it has progressed to later and more deadly stages. But a new study...

PSA Levels Decline With Thalidomide Use In Metastatic Disease.(prostate cancer)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The results of a Phase II clinical trial suggest some males with metastatic prostate cancer might benefit from being treated with thalidomide. In...

Blood-Based Screening Test Enters Preclinical Validation Stage.(Amplistar Inc. developing colorectal cancer screening tool)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amplistar, Inc., announced that its blood-based colon cancer screening test entered into the preclinical validation stage, and preliminary results suggest that this blood test may be highly...

Environmental and Social Factors May Be Catalysts for Increased Incidence In Western Nations.(of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The incidence of adenocarcinoma (AC) of the esophagus in white males has increased rapidly during the last 20 years in Western industrialized nations, according to a study published in the August...

FIS-HAM Salvage Therapy Effective Despite Toxicity.(fludarabine, cytosine arabinoside, and mitoxantrone is an effective treatment for advanced leukemia)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A chemotherapy salvage regimen consisting of fludarabine, cytosine arabinoside, and mitoxantrone (FIS-HAM) is an effective treatment for advanced leukemia,...

Studies Will Assess Prophylactic Potential Of Anti-Inflammatory Drug.(Celebrex may prevent lung cancer)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Can a common anti-inflammatory drug help prevent lung cancer? Researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, Jonsson Cancer Center are seeking volunteers for two new research studies to find...

Surgery Patients Have Better Outcomes At High Volume Hospitals.(where a large number of like procedures have been performed)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Yet another study confirms that undergoing a particular type of surgery at a facility that has conducted a large number of such procedures yields better patient outcomes. In the most current...

Organ Recipients At Increased Risk.(for lymphoma development after surgery)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients who undergo solid organ transplants have a small but markedly elevated risk of developing lymphoma after surgery, researchers in Spain report. ...

Radioresistant Cells Rendered Sensitive By Antisense IGF1R.(insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor sensitizes radioresistant melanoma cells)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Recent research results from scientists in England have identified a potential treatment for malignant melanoma involving targeted IGF1R...

Vaccine Improves Five-Year Survival Rates.(Canvaxin improves prognosis for advanced-stage melanoma)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CancerVax Corporation announced its intent to prepare a New Drug Submission (NDS) to seek marketing approval in Canada for Canvaxin(TM), a therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of advanced-stage...

Thalidomide Effective As First-Line Treatment.(for multiple myeloma)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The early findings of a Mayo Clinic study indicate the anti-angiogenic drug thalidomide can stop or slow the progression of multiple myeloma in patients newly diagnosed with this cancer of the...

Patients With Rare Blood Cancer Respond To Thalidomide.(myelodysplastic syndrome)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer researchers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, have published the results of a clinical study that shows thalidomide is effective in treating some patients...

Plant Viral Proteins Enhance Idiotypic Antigenicity In DNA Vaccines.(against myeloma and lymphoma)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - A novel DNA vaccine using a plant viral protein to stimulate immunity offers hope against myeloma and lymphoma, say researchers in the U.K. ...

Prodrug-Based Stem Cell Purging Improves Therapy.(CPT-11 purges malignant cells from stem cell transplants which help in the prevention of neuroblastoma relapse)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the U.S. have developed an effective prodrug-based technique for purging malignant cells from stem cell harvests from neuroblastoma...

Disease Model Uses 3-D Cancer Cells Grown In Space.(ovarian cancer)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The space shuttle Discovery is taking ovarian cancer into space for the first time. Part of a joint project between University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine and the National...

Liposomal Doxorubicin HCl Tested In Women With Recurrent Disease.(recurrent ovarian cancer)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study compared Doxil(R) (liposomal doxorubicin HCl) with topotecan, another common treatment for recurrent ovarian cancer. The report was published in the July 2001 issue of The...

More Results From Antibody Therapy Trial Published.(trial for ovarian cancer patients with biochemical relapse)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AltaRex Corp. (ALXFF) reported further results from its 55-patient OvaRex(R) trial for ovarian cancer patients with biochemical relapse following primary surgery and chemotherapy. The primary...

Adenovirus Variant CV706 Enhances Effect of Radiation Therapy.(for prostate cancer)
August 21, 2001... 2001 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A prostate cancer gene therapy developed at Calydon Incorporated has proved to augment the effects of radiation treatment in animals transplanted with...